Improvement in hand corn-planters



T. A. CHANDLER,

Corn-Planter.

Patented Nov. 2-5. 1856.

AM.PflOTD-LITKD. 60. N.\'. (OSBORNE'S PROCESS.)

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOS. A. CHANDLER, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO H. HERRIOK AND T. A. CHANDLER.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 16,135, dated November 25, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. A. CHANDLER, of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Hand Corn-Planter; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the planter; Fig. 2, a side elevation with a portion of the casing removed; Fig. 3, a top View, and Fig. 4 a transverse section in the direction of the lines Like letters designate like parts in the several views.

The casing A is made of wood or other suitable material. In the side casing is a space to allow the lower portion of the handle B to slide up and down, and also the cam-slides U C, which are attached to the ends of the handle B, as seen at 0, Fig. 2. In each slide is a slot corresponding to C, Fig. 2. In these slots are fitted the wrists D D, which extend from the arms D D, Figs. 2 and 4. These arms are secured to the slides E E. In these slides are two openings or slots, one at each end corresponding to E E, Fig. 2. These slots receive the braces F, Figs. 2 and 4, which may be secured to the casing. Upon these braces the slides work with a reciprocating motion, and are also retained in place by them.

The shaft G has its hearings in the outer end of the slides, and attached to the shaft is the lever H, which lever is connected to the rod I by a pin-joint at I. In the casing is secured the pin J, Figs. 2 and 4, to which the rod I is hung.

The slide-jaws K K are connected to the arm L by the pins L L, which form fulcra and joints, so that the jaws will open and close, as indicated by the lines K K, Fig. 4, as they slide in and out. The ends of the arm L enter the slides E E, as seen at L L", Figs. 2 and 4.

The arms M M are a part of the slide-jaws K K, and slide in the back plate and brace at F, and the opposite ends of the jaws slide in the front plate at A, Fig. 4. As the slide 0 is being pushed down, and by the action of the slot 0 on the wrists D, the slides E E are forced out in the direction of the arrows f, and as the jaws are connected to the slides by the arm L they move out correspondingly. By

] pulling the slide 0 up the action is reversed and the slides and jaws move back accordingly. As thejaws K K slide in the direction of the arrows the front ends open, as indicated at K K, by the action of the slot in the brace at F, which causes the arms M M to approximate, and the front of the jaws to open thereby as they move out in the direction of the arrows. The slot in the front plate, A, in which the jaws slide, causes the jaws to close, as shown at K K, as they return in a reverse direction of the arrows f. The jaws slide backward and forward directly under the seed-box N, Fig. 3, and the corn passes from the box through the opening P into the cup Q, which forms a part of each jaw. When the jaws are in the position shown at K K, Fig. 4, the corn passes from the seed-box through the opening into the cup Q, and as the jaws slide out to K K the opening P is closed by the cut-off plate S, so that as the cup Q passes from under the opening I? it is being closed by the cut-off plate, which is secured to one of the jaws. Thus alternately, as the jaws slide back, the corn enters the cup, and as they move out it is cut off from it and thejaws open and the corn falls out of the cup into the ground. In front of the jaws, secured to the shaft G, is a digger, It It, Fig. 4. As the slides E E and jaws K K move out the digger-moves accordingly, and with acurved motion of the digger It (indicated by the arrow r) digs or scoops a hole into which the corn drops, and as the jaws and slides return the digger moves back also, and with a curved motion of the digger R in the direction'of the arrow 1" the corn is covered up. Thus the digger It scoops out a hole in the earth in advance of the dropping of the corn, and the digger 1t throws back the earth and covers up the corn as the jaws are returning for more seed from the box. The peculiar motion given to the digger is obtained by connecting the shaft G to the rod I by the lever H, there being a pin-joint at I, which gives the diggers a curving motion.

This machine is operated by one person, it being carried by the handle at B, and as it is placed upon the ground the handle is pressed down, which causes the digger E to operate and the slides and jaws to move out and the corn drops into the hole previously made by the diggers. As soon as the seed is dropped out of the cup, by raising the handle and by 2. The jaws K K, cut-offs, and arm L,when the counteracting weight of the machine the constructed and arranged as herein described, movements of slides, jaws, and diggers are and operating substantiallyin the manner and reversed in the manner before described. for the purpose set forth.

What I claim as my improvement and (le- 1 sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- THOS' (JHANDLER' substantially as herein set forth, and operat- BELA SHAW,

1. The slides O E, diggers R R, and rod I, Witnesses: inginthemannerand forthepurpose described. i JAS. JAoKsoN. 

